Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-22
riadr. As M.Ieh morning. Oflsn cOms

io~ard an auction sale a. New Workers
feel toward a private view Of the Aead'
emy Of Dss'gn. OF a flower show at the
Madison Square Garden. Nj. ke,ehum
was there Ia her bes, dyed shawl. aud
the bonne, which the irreyeren, youth OF
the neishbOrhool had ehIis,sned "Oli
Plymouth Rock" from the fossiliIed sp'
pearance Of its feathers; Squire Dssgst'
drove down ia hi. family earry.all With
the .ix Mise. Digss,t The pir.on and
the par,on'. wife were thers. punching
pillows aud inspecting holsters. and
counting cup. and .aaesr. A man Who
va. vaguely reported TO be an emis.ry
from an old curiosity shop 10 the city
va. prowling about with memorandum
book under bis arm. Everybody was
there. even down TO the village fool. who
had been allowed to CONS With bis grand
mother. under solemn promise OF no,
speaking a word the whole time In
her special oorasr Abigail B,roa va,
whispering TO kao, Of eager women
With much excited gesiiful,llln. .ad
close by the high -,oisn maa,sl 'N
por Mrs.. 0ns.on 10 her bs., goEa.
trembling a li,,le, .ae scarcely knew
Why.
"Aan, Mitsble ~n Alsay, partial TO
auction ,sndoo.." ,aii she 10 herself.
eli doe. seem a. sf she'd ought 20 be
here"
And .he ,holsh, OF the lonely grave
under las, year. weedy mq,lein stalks IN
the Neglected corner Of ,ns ehareh'yard,
and sighed.
"rll .,tA rose o Sharon there az 'ooa
. the ,prins fairly opens. ma.ei she.
"Aun, Mi,,Abls always likei divers
And the erosd .roani Abis,i! Bn'oa
Increased. sni q .ori o! Intangible thrill
ven, through the rooms Ike an electric
current.
"l. anything ~rons'' Mrs Gds'oa
asked. nstvol,ly. Hey they he.'d
any ness
III seen i, myself" ,he toald hear Al
is.il .lyins; I've 90, It TO hum IN my
poeks,book. I've Away. hsad tha, she
va, queer, aud shoalin', woadef II
,ha, wa. the way she'd boarded up.
Mr. Ghs.oa rose TO joia the group;
bu, ia., then the auctioneer. voice
drowned all else in iis high. sias.'ons
drone: "Now. then. ladies sni gentle
msn. II you please" anl the sale began
in good earnest.
The breadth. OF well.worn ras earps,
brought, piiifal sun, ba, the four haif-
cloth "ehssr." 10 the be., pArlor. and =
certain Incorporating ia Of the sane
Slippery material. realized twenty d9llar'.
and the wooden e!osk VI" bil up 70 'iK
dollar, and . half by Squire Disseii
himself.
"He can't know that the m.ehinerys
clear worn out. and IL h,lat struck IN
.iI moa,h,." aii Mrs. Grigson. III
don, know bu, ii. my duty to tell him.
"Hold your ,Ongue. Naomi" ~hi,.
pered tro,tsr Lyman. Who. With his
hand. in his pockets. was h,,,ensd up
.s.in., the wall. III CUES, all the nsish.
bor. hsreaboa,. know a. much about
Aun, Mi,able'. clock /. you do.
"Eigh, dollars for the old fsa,hsr'
bed , Folk. mus, be eraIy! :" said Mrs.
uhroa. "And dollar spisee for them
worn. oa, bsd.quilu l. the world A.
comm 10 an end ,
Ba, when they came 10 the stand OF
house plants. Mrs. 0ng.ons amaismen,
reached ir eliminating point. The
striped mon,hly rose brough, a dollar {;
.iumpy old lemon bush IN a green tub
which had never been suspected OF the
f.in,,., inclination TO bloom. ran up to
five ; a myr,le.,ree lseendsd the scale.
and va. finally knocked down a,ien and
. half; an olsandsr Was bid up TO three ;
half . dozen ,pindling h'h.ssraniam'
varied from finy cents to q dollar each.
and ten ealla. and +. sekly eArns,ion
were boush, by MisI Dora Dagss,, a.
.e,en,y.fve cent. each; and the surplus
age Of p.llid primrose. Ani cactus mon'
.trOsiiis. was Jumped a, a dollar TO Mf'
Tow,. whose door.ysrd was laid oai IN
carrot. and p.r,niP,. and Who did not
know a POkebsuy bush from holly
bush.
"Bs folk. mad ," said brea,hle'' Mrs
Ghsson. i,
The proceed, Of the f,wer stand
amounted to eighteen dollars. and the
purchasers eagerly seized their property
and carried il of. a. IL unwilling to let
/, Oh, Of their sight, and the sale wen,
brskly on.
"well, Naomi" said brother Lyman,
ehuekling. when the "ysndoo' was over,
"hOw much did ye expsek to si' for
Aun, Mi,,sbles things"
81 did hope for fifty dollars. all told
said Mrs. Gfig.on. "Bi, Nil. Ks'eham
said wa. fool for calkila,ia' on any
seeh amount" ...
"wha, dye say to two hundred .
said brother lyman. gleefilly.
"wh.tr shrieked Mrs. Gngson.
Lyman. you're ..pokin' fun at me-"
mo. 1 sin',," eheerfally spoke Up
brother Lyman. "I,'. two hundred and
fifteen dollars aud eish,y.eish, cents.
That's what /, i.l Oh, ef ye'd only seen
the women.folk. A.earryin out Aunt
Miu.ble'. house plants hags.d up close
TO 'em. like they Was little babies
Brother Lyman stopped to shake all
over with = species Of inaadlols laughter
which convulsed him a. u he were q
mold OF jelly. 49,.
Two hundred snd fifteen dollars
gs.ped Mrs. Ghs'on. "i'' like .
dream.
Tn. .ue,ioneer counted out the bills
into the god woman' toil'hsrdsnsd
hands
81 soasr.iula,s yoa. masm. said
be. ,
"Are you sure there amt no mistake
said Mrs. 0rigson.
"Qai,e SURF. maam. =,
"well, l don't nohow undder.tand II,
said the widow. slowly shaking her
head "Pfsps. Mt. L ralhsld' you can
explain /, to me''
The sue,ioneer looked sround. ~inked